Palestine activist jailed as βterroristβ speaks out
βOther than hexing the man, I really wasnβt surprisedβ. This is how Leona Kamio, known as Ellie, describes what was going through her mind when a judge announced she would be sentenced as a terrorist alongside three co-defendants earlier this month. Kamio, a 30-year-old nursery teacher, had been convicted of criminal damage in connection with a Palestine Action raid on an Israeli arms firm in Filton, Bristol, in August 2024. The jury that tried her had not been informed that any convictions could later carry a βterrorism connectionβ, she tells Declassified from Bronzefield prison in her first interview since being convicted.…

